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The tanking Nets — deep into a youth movement — got spanked by the venerable Clippers 121-105 on Friday at Barclays Center. With a record five first-round rookies — all but one of whom played — the Nets learned some valuable lessons against Los Angeles. They just weren’t easy ones. “The reality is you can explain the game plan, but until you don’t go through it, that’s how you learn,” said Jordi Fernández. “Those minutes were very valuable because you see those guys and sometimes you guard and you’re like ‘Oh, that was good defense.’ But for us, because we’ve seen them do it, it’s like that’s not good defense because they’re going to keep scoring, because they’ve done it all their careers and they’re going to keep doing it. So it’s good. That’s how you learn.”
Tim Bontemps: Steve Kerr said he and Chris DeMarco just went and checked out DeMarco’s new office here at Barclays Center, where he’s going to be coaching as the Liberty’s new head coach. Kerr said DeMarco has been a huge part of GSW’s staff, and will be a big hole for the Warriors to fill.
The Brooklyn Nets paid tribute to the victims of the Sydney Hanukkah massacre in a Hanukkah celebration at the Barclays Center during the team’s game against the Miami Heat on Thursday night. As part of the event, a giant basketball menorah was lit during the game by the 14-year-old nephew of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the Sydney massacre last week. The ceremony was facilitated by the Chabad Teen Network, the world’s largest teen organization. Fox News Digital spoke with Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky of Chabad World Headquarters, who would have attended the menorah lighting at the Barclays Center Thursday, but instead booked a one-way ticket to Australia to be with the victims' families. Kotlarsky said the Nets recognizing Hanukkah and celebrating Jewish heritage is one of the things that "makes America great."
Egor Demin struggled through an invisible three-point, four-foul outing in the Nets’ 123-110 to Utah on Thursday night at Barclays Center, logging a low-energy 20:23 — and a mere 3:32 in the fourth quarter when he ceded playmaking duties to Ben Saraf and Tyrese Martin. But coach Jordi Fernández gave the lottery pick a pass, saying the teenager was sick and should bounce back Saturday against New Orleans. “The energy was not great, but he was dealing with some upper respiratory issues,” Fernández said. “I felt like he [tried] really hard, and the intentions were in the right place. It was just my decision because I know that he’s had problems with that. He was cleared to play, but it was something he had to deal with.
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“The NBA, I’m sure, became more and more real in your mind. So, let’s fast forward to New York—to Barclays Center—on draft night. What was going through your mind, knowing that everything you had done, everything you’d worked for, like this dream that you had had, was finally starting to come to fruition?” Egor Dëmin “Yeah... and it’s such a special kind of thought for me. Like, every time I think about it, I get these butterflies—you know what I mean? Even though it’s already happened, I still feel it. I remember being a kid thinking, ‘There’s the NBA… but it’s just out there.’ It was always in my mind, but it was never a goal—because it felt so unreachable. Especially growing up and playing in Russia. Coming to Spain brought me closer to it. When I started getting attention from NBA scouts, media, and reporters, I realized—okay, this isn’t just a dream anymore. It’s a goal. Before that moment, it was just something floating somewhere far away. Not many players from Russia make it there. For American players, especially guys coming from high school, the NBA is just the next step.
Donte DiVincenzo recorded a new personal best in the 2025-26 NBA Regular Season with 25 points, helping the Minnesota Timberwolves take down the Brooklyn Nets in Barclays Center on Monday. Following the game, the 28-year-old guard revisited gaining Italian citizenship and falling narrowly shy of representing Italy in EuroBasket 2025. “Pride and relief. Long process. A lot of different people put in a lot of hours to get it done. And I’m very thankful for everybody that was involved in the process,” he talked about getting an Italian passport. “Health and everything need to line up, but that’s the goal, the commitment,” he added in a postgame media session, confirming his intention to play for Italy in future FIBA tournaments.
Brooklyn ranks at or near the bottom in every significant defensive category through its 0-5 start entering Sunday night’s game against the 76ers at Barclays Center. And both players and coaches understand that the problem has to be rectified as quickly as possible. “As a team, I feel like we just have to be connected more,” shooting guard and UConn product Tyrese Martin said after Friday’s practice. “We look very disconnected on film, whether it’s missing the low man or guys just not talking in rotation, things like that. “I feel like we just have to get on the same page and be connected and play harder [defensively] than we have been.”
“At first, I was confused, and I saw him running towards Don and took a step towards him,” Jarrett Allen added from his vantage point. “But we have great security in the Barclays Center. Shout out to them. They took care of it. When he left the court, his feet didn’t touch the ground. They carried him out of the building.”
This is one of my favorite things—to see a player who maybe isn’t sure if they’re going to be taken or not in the first round, and to go anyway, to attend at Barclays Center, to be out in the stands. Can you take us through what was going through your head when you finally heard your name called? Yang Hansen: I mean, for sure, it’s a big shock for me. I was surprised when Adam called my name. That surprised me. I was just sitting there finishing my fried chicken. I didn’t even put my suit on. Suddenly they told me, "Hansen, Hansen—take your suit off." I said, "Huh?" And they just took it out, and suddenly when the camera caught me, I was still trying to make the suit look good. Before I touched my suit, I still used my T-shirt to clean my hands—I didn’t want the oil to mess up my suit.
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Ian Begley: These prospects will be in the Green Room at Barclays Center tonight for the 2nd round of the draft:
These prospects will be in the Green Room at Barclays Center tonight for the 2nd round of the draft: pic.twitter.com/AxCB46iwvI
— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) June 26, 2025
Wasserman and CAA tied for the most first-round picks of the 2025 NBA Draft with six selections from each agency. Though Wasserman pulled ahead in the early hours at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, CAA mounted a late comeback with more than half of the overall selections through the 22nd and 30th picks. Wasserman was a consistent agency throughout the early two thirds of the draft, seeing clients like Baylor G VJ Edgecombe (3rd pick), South Carolina F Collin Murray-Boyles (9th pick), Arizona F Carter Bryant (14th pick), Cedevita Olimpija C Joan Beringer (17th pick), Saint-Quentin G Nolan Traore (19th pick) and Illinois G Kasparas Jakucionis (20th pick) get selected.
“I just had emotions in the moment,” Maluach told Andscape from Barclays Center on Wednesday night. “I’m still flashing back. I’m still enjoying it because this is my day. I’m just excited and ready to go to work. I’m flashing back to the tough moments I had. The moments where I had to push myself. The moments where I had the wall in front of me where will was the only way through. “I was just telling myself, ‘Thank you for being delusional in your dreams. So, stay true to yourself. Never change it.’ ”
